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Crisis in the Gulf: Saudi vs UAE

CONFLICTED

An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.

A rare public rupture has emerged between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Triggered by a dramatic escalation over Yemen in late December 2025, the dispute has exposed deeper ideological and strategic differences between the two Gulf powers.

In this episode, Thomas and Aimen step back from the battlefield to examine the historical roots of Saudi–Emirati rivalry and why Yemen became the arena where these differences finally collided in public.

They discuss:

 The 30 December 2025 Saudi airstrikes and the ultimatum to UAE forces

 Why Yemen is the arena, not the cause, of the Saudi–UAE dispute

 Continental vs maritime power in the Arabian Peninsula

 The British influence on the Emirati state

 The Buraimi Oasis dispute

 Tribal allegiance and ‘weird borders’ in Gulf geopolitics

 Why the UAE tolerates breakaway regions and Saudi Arabia cannot

 Whether this rupture will be patched up and what happens if it isn’t

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